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King William's War
a war between the English and French in North America. It was The first of the Intercolonial Wars, in which England and France fought for domination in North America. The war began with an attack by the French and their Indian allies on English colonial settlements. -
College of William & Mary Founded
The College of William & Mary is the second-oldest college in America. The original plans for the College date back to 1618 decades before Harvard but were derailed by an “Indian uprising.” -
Yale College Founded
One of the colonial colleges.
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Queen Anne's War
Contests among the European powers for control in North America.
Known as the War of Spanish Succession in Europe
The main conflict in America was between the French and British colonies. It resulted in Great Britain getting Acadia (Nova Scotia) from France and in French recognition of British claims to the Hudson Bay area and Newfoundland. It was the second of four wars in North America known collectively as the French and Indian Wars. -
Smallpox Outbreak
5,889 Bostonians had smallpox, and 844 died of it. October was the worst month, with 411 deaths. Smallpox caused more than three–quarters of all the deaths in Boston that year. -
First edition of Poor Richard's Almanac
Emphasized such homespun virtues as thrift, industry, morality, and common sense. -
Great Awakening Begins- Jonathan Edwards
Started as a Revival of Religion. -
War of Jenkin's Ear
Broke out between the British and the Spaniards.
The incident that caused the war was Robert Jenkins, master of the ship Rebecca, had his ear cut off by Spanish coast guards. English smuggling and resentment at exclusion from the Spanish colonial trade caused the war. -
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French & Indian War (Seven Years' War)
Fought in America and Europe, West Indies, Africa, Philippines, and the ocean.
Britain and France had colonies in North America. The British wanted to settle in the Ohio River Valley and to trade with the Native Americans who lived there. The French built forts to protect their trade with the Indians. In 1754, George Washington led an army against the French. He was defeated. Then, Britain declared war on France. -
Battle of Quebec
A military conflict between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America during the American Revolutionary War. The Battle of Quebec ended in victory for the British.
General Arnold and General Montgomery failed in invasion attempt of Canada. The Americans were forced out of Canada and it was the last attempt by the Americans to get the Canadian population on their side. -
Proclamation of 1763
In 1763, at the end of the French and Indian War, the British issued a proclamation. It was mainly intended to reconcile the Indians by checking the invasion of settlers on their lands. -
Paxton Boys- March in Philadelphia
In January 1764, the Paxton Boys marched toward Philadelphia with about 250 men to challenge the government for failing to protect them. Benjamin Franklin led a group of civic leaders to meet them in Germantown, then a separate settlement northwest of the city, and hear their grievances. After the leaders agreed to read the men's pamphlet of issues before the colonial legislature, the mob agreed to disperse. -
Stamp Tax
A Tax to raise revenues to support the new military force.
Mandated the use of stamped paper to indicate the payment of taxes. -
Boston Massacre
On the evening of March 5, 1770, a crowd of sixty townspeople began taunting and throwing snowballs at a squad of ten redcoats.
Bostonians were still angry by the death of the eleven-year-old boy who was shot ten days earlier during a protest against a merchant who had deifed the colonial boycott of British goods.
Troops opened fire and killed and wounded eleven citizens. -
Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, a hundred Bostonians disguised themselves as Indians, opened 342 chests of tea, and dumped it into the Atlantic.
Tea became the perfect symbol to rally around as almost every colonist that was rich or poor can consume the beverage, -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were five British laws that the colonists strongly objected. They were passed in early 1774. Four of these laws were intended to punish the people of Massachusetts, for destroying the tea that they threw into Boston Harbor in December, 1773, and strengthen British authority in Massachusetts. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Battle kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, especially in Massachusetts. hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm, and colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoat column. Then the colonists won their independence after many battles.
